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Post subject: Best Fender Amp for Surf Type Music
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 8:51 am
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Lately I'm really into the old surf music, Ventures, etc. What is the best Fender Amp to get that type of sound.

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Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 9:58 am
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During the 60's our band used the Twin Reverb for guitar with the reverb turned up for surf music well and really just about anything else. My lead guitarist used a Strat. A '58 btw that he still uses. Of course I used a bassman with a Precision. My gear has been stolen since then BUT that combination should give you the sound like Dick Dale, or the Ventures as well as the Beach Boys.


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Post subject: Re: Best Fender Amp for Surf Type Music
Posted: Fri Jan 16, 2009 2:01 pm
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MrT wrote:
Lately I'm really into the old surf music, Ventures, etc. What is the best Fender Amp to get that type of sound.

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A Fender dual Showman with 15" JBL D140f speakers puts the sound across very well. I don't see them offered new but a good friend recently got two on e-bay which needed some refurbishing. All the best. ARC


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Posted: Sat Jan 17, 2009 5:58 pm
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rtl37IS8vcg

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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 5:30 am
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Quite a lot of surf guitarists use vintage bandmasters. They can be found cheap enough. There's a silverface model on ebay going for 300 USD.


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Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2009 11:00 pm
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I used to own a Fender Super Six Reverb amp.
If you turned up the reverb and volume, it could get very surfy sounding.


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Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:37 pm
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Fender Showman, Bandmaster or Twin. Gomez is a boutique amp builder using the old circuit designs. Nice and pricy, but what do you expect for a custom built point to point wired amp. Awesome amps they are.

Also, to get the Reverb, you need an independant spring reverb, "Tank", like the '63 Reissue. The onboard Reverb's just don't cut it for Surf.


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Post subject: all in the reverb
Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:52 pm
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fender guitar + fender reverb + surf tunes

i think those are the 3 essentials for the classic sound. if you get those right just about any clean-ish, bright all-tube amp will do the rest for you. any one of many different fender tube amps will be fine, and many other possible amps too. i've heard pure surf tone from a strat, fender reverb tank and a vox AC30 - an amp not usually associated with surf music.

strat, jag or jazzmaster
fender reverb tank, or fender tube reverb cranked on the amp
COOL SURF TUNES

uh, without the tunes it's all hypothetical yeah?
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Posted: Tue Feb 17, 2009 11:44 am
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Dick Dale swears by Dual Showman with the old Fender Reverb unit.


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Posted: Wed Feb 18, 2009 10:14 am
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I should clarify that is the "Fender Tank Reverb".
Also he uses string guages: 16p, 18p, 20p. 38w, 48w, 58w on a stratocaster of course.


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I like a Pro Reverb amp for surf music. I have to have Fender reverb to get that "Pipeline" sound!

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